HC Deb 30 March 2004 vol 419 cc1386-9W
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what public funding has been spent on adult(a) literacy and (b) numeracy in Crosby in each of the last five years. [160395]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The estimated total spend on Skills For Life (the Government's strategy for literacy, language and numeracy needs of all post-16 learners from pre-entry level up to and including level 2) and on Key Skills (essential skills of communication, application of number and information technology), from April 2001 to July 2003, in the Greater Merseyside Learning and Skills Council (LSC) area is set out in the table:

Greater Merseyside Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
£000
Basic skills Key skills
April to July 20011 3,803 1,094
August 2001 to July 2002 6,575 1,564
August 2002 to July 2003 10,677 1,755
1 The figures for April to July 2001 include costs incurred from August 2000 on learning aims continuing into April 2001.

From the information available to the LSC it has not been feasible to obtain estimates at constituency level or separate figures by subject without incurring disproportionate cost. Likewise it has not been feasible to obtain comparable figures for periods before April 2001 when the Skills for Life strategy was launched and the LSC was formed, but information shows it was considerably less than at present.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what public funding has been spent on adult(a) literacy and (b) numeracy in Buckingham in each of the last five years. [161320]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The estimated total spend on "Skills For Life" (the Government's strategy for the literacy, language and numeracy needs of all post-16 learners (from pre-entry level up to and including level 2) and on Key Skills (essential skills of communication, application of number and information technology), from April 2001 to July 2003, in the Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Learning and Skills Council (LSC) area is set out in the table:

£000
Basic skills Key skills
April 2001 to July 20011 2,445 674
August 2001 to July 2002 4,134 909
August 2002 to July 2003 6,028 1,197
1 The figures for April to July 2001 include costs incurred from August 2000 on learning aims continuing into April 2001.

From the information available to the LSC it has not been feasible to obtain estimates at constituency level or separate figures by subject without incurring disproportionate cost. Likewise it has not been feasible to obtain comparable figures for periods before April 2001 when the "Skills For Life" strategy was launched and the LSC was formed, but information shows it was considerably less than at present.

Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on adult(a) literacy and (b) numeracy in Chorley in each of the last five years. [161450]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The estimated total spend on "Skills For Life" (the Government's strategy for the literacy, language and numeracy needs of all post-16 learners (from pre-entry level up to and including level 2) and on Key Skills (essential skills of communication, application of number and information technology), from April 2001 to July 2003, in the Lancashire Learning and Skills Council (LSC) area is set out in the following table.

£000
Basic skills Key skills
April 2001 to July 20011 3,370 1,270
August 2001 to July 2002 6,577 1,857
August 2002 to July 2003 7,815 1,948
1 The figures for April to July 2001 include costs incurred from August 2000 on learning aims continuing into April 2001.

From the information available to the LSC it has not been feasible to obtain estimates at constituency level or separate figures by subject without incurring disproportionate cost. Likewise it has not been feasible to obtain comparable figures for periods before April 2001 when the "Skills For Life" strategy was launched and the LSC was formed, but information shows it was considerably less than at present.

Mrs. Dean

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what public funding has been spent on adult(a) literacy and (b) numeracy in (i) the Burton constituency and (ii) Staffordshire in each of the last seven years. [161845]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The estimated total spend on "Skills For Life" (the Government's strategy for the literacy, language and numeracy needs of all post-16 learners (from pre-entry level up to and including level 2) and on Key Skills (essential skills of communication, application of number and information technology), from April 2001 to July 2003, in the Staffordshire Learning and Skills Council area is set out in the table:

£000
Basic skills Key skills
April 2001 to July 20011 2,341 786
August 2001 to July 2002 3,123 1,006
August 2002 to July 2003 4,899 2,063
1 The figures for April to July 2001 include costs incurred from August 2000 on learning aims continuing into April 2001.

From the information available to the LSC it has not been feasible to obtain estimates at constituency level or separate figures by subject without incurring disproportionate cost. Likewise it has not been feasible to obtain comparable figures for periods before April 2001 when the "Shills For Life" strategy was launched and the LSC was formed, but information shows it was considerably less than at present.

Mr. Alan Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Stills how much public funding was spent on adult literacy and numeracy in North Tyneside local education authority in each of the last seven years. [164381]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The estimated total spend on "Skills For Life" (the Government's strategy for the literacy, language and numeracy needs of all post-16 learners (from pre-entry level up to and including level 2) and on Key Skills (essential skills of communication, application of number and information technology), from April 2001 to July 2003, in the Tyne and Wear Learning and Skills Council area is set out in the following table:

£000
Basic kills Key skills
April 2001 to July 20011 4,570 783
August 2001 to July 2002 9,535 1,237
August 2002 to July 2003 14,032 883
1 The figures for April to July 2001 include costs incurred from August 2000 on learning aims continuing into April 2001.

From the information available to the LSC it has not been feasible to obtain estimates at constituency level or separate figures by subject without incurring disproportionate cost. Likewise it has not been feasible to obtain comparable figures for periods before April 2001 when the Skills for Life strategy was launched and the LSC was formed, but information shows it was considerably less than at present.